Palestine-Israel Conflict 101

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Estee Chandler • Omar Zahzah • Mirvette Judeh

Sunday, 1:30 p.m.

What would happen if you built a refuge for a persecuted people in a place where another people already lived? This panel session will discuss this moral quandry – a quandry that is at the root of the struggle between Israelis and Palestinians.

Estee Chandler is the founding organizer of Jewish Voice for Peace, Los Angeles (JVP-LA) and serves on JVP’s National Legislative Leadership team. Along with Nagwa Ibrahim, Estee produces and hosts the long-running KPFK radio show Middle East in Focus. She also produces and hosts the Middle East Minute+ a daily short news report focusing on the Middle East.

Omar Zahzah is a national board member of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), a member of Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA, as well as a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at UCLA.

Mirvette Judeh is a mother, activist, community leader and Vice Chair of the Arab American Civic Council. She is on the Executive Board of 65th District California Democratic Party and is an Advisory Board member for the Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) Los Angeles/Orange County